A multi-omic investigation of keloid disease recurrence

Despite increasing evidence that changes in cellular heterogeneity is an important contributor to abnormal scar formation, there are no published single cell level studies of keloids that investigate their contributions to keloid recurrence, and the studies that have been conducted lack representation of the population in the United States that suffers disproportionately from keloid incidence and severity, African Americans. Further, our preliminary findings indicate data African Americans are more than 2.5 times more likely to experience recurrence following primary keloid surgery relative t…